Escalation

2005 - Escalation Data

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3 October 2005

India and Pakistan sign an agreement on Monday making it obligatory for either country to notify the other at least 72 hours before testing ballistic missiles within a 40-km radius of the International Boundary and the Line of Control (LoC).

Pakistan test fires the nuclear-capable Hatf VII (Babur) cruise missile days after Pakistan and India agreed to give each other advance notice of future nuclear ballistic missile tests (yet-to-be-signed agreement). India was not informed about the test be